KOLKATA, India, Oct 31, 2019 (BSS) – The ninth edition of the Bangladesh
Book Fair-2019 will begin at Mohar Kunja in Kolkata tomorrow.
Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata is organising the 10-day fair
(November 1 to 10) with the help of Bangladesh Export Promotion and
Bangladesh Gayean and Srijonshil Publishesr Committee, Deputy High
Commissioner of Bangladesh, Kolkata, Toufiq Hassan said at press conference
here today.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will inaugurate the fair as
the chief guest while Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Kolkata, will
chair the inaugural ceremony, he said.
Mayor of Kolkata and Minister of Municipal and Urban Development of the
West Bengal government of India Firhad Hakim, Bangladesh High Commissioner to
India Sayed Moazzem Ali, eminent poet of West Bengal Shankha Ghosh and former
director general of Bangla Academy Professor Prof Shamsuzzaman Khan will be
present at the opening session of the fair as the guest of honour.
Kolkata Mayor Parishad Debashish Kumar, President of the Bangladesh Book
Publishers Association Arif Hossain and Sudhanshu Dey, secretary of the
Kolkata Publishers and Book Sellers will attend the ceremony as special
guests.
Organisers of the fair said a total of 68 book stalls of various leading
creative publishing companies of Bangladesh have been set up at the fair
compound.
The fair will remain open for all from 2pm to 8pm from Friday to Thursday
while it will remain open from 4pm to 10pm on Saturday and Sunday.